Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s CEIC, China Reform set up $1.55 billion new energy fund
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - State-run China Energy Investment Corp (CEIC) and China Reform Holdings Corp have set up a 10.02 billion yuan ($1.55 billion) fund to invest in clean and renewable energy project...
Jan 22, 2021
Kremlin says planned pro-Navalny protest is illegal, work of ‘provocateurs’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said that nationwide protests planned for Saturday to call for the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were illegal and were being promoted by people it call...
Jan 22, 2021
Kremlin welcomes U.S. call to extend nuclear arms treaty, but wants details
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it welcomed the stated intention of U.S. President Joe Biden to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia, but said that Moscow wanted to see c...
Jan 22, 2021
Renewed lockdown sends UK economy tumbling again: PMI
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's relapse into a third national COVID-19 lockdown has sparked the sharpest drop in business activity since May, with services companies hit hardest, a survey s...
Jan 22, 2021
Myanmar receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from India
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar on Friday received 1.5 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine supplied by India to inoculate 750,000 people, the first vaccine batch delivered to the Southeast A...
Jan 22, 2021
Economists cut euro zone growth forecast for 2021: ECB survey
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The pandemic-stricken euro zone economy is likely to rebound this year but at a slower pace than expected only a few months ago, before making up for the lost ground in 2022, a E...
Jan 22, 2021
FTSE Russell deletes CNOOC from global and China indexes due to U.S. ban
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global index publisher FTSE Russell said on Friday it will delete CNOOC Ltd from its global and China indexes due to the U.S. investment ban. The removal of the Hong Kong-listed s...
Jan 22, 2021
Euro zone business activity shrank in January as lockdowns hit services
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Economic activity in the euro zone shrank markedly in January as lockdown restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic hit the bloc's dominant service industry...
Jan 22, 2021
Russia to retaliate over diplomat expelled from Albania: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry vowed on Friday to retaliate in kind against Albania for expelling a Russian diplomat, a move it said was aimed at harming bilateral relations, the RIA new...
Jan 22, 2021
FIFA ex-president Blatter was in coma after heart surgery, daughter says
ZURICH (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter spent a week in an artificially induced coma after heart surgery last month, his daughter has told Swiss media. "Just before Christmas, he had to ...
Jan 22, 2021
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